Today, I completed Book One. The manual has been divided into two "books", in much the same way that Saviolo divided his. The more practical aspects of using the rapier are in the first book and the more social aspects with regard to combats and so forth are found in the second book. For my next update, I will be shortening the list below using only the heading for Book One, rather than listing the elements of the book already found below.
Title Page
Epistle Dedicatory
Author's Epistle to Various Noblemen
Author's Epistle to the Gentle Reader
Book One:
Theory:
Principles
Time
Distance
Lines
Engagement
Practice
Practical:
Of Wards
Footwork
Defense:
Void
Parry
Combination
Attack:
Thrust
Cut
The Attack
Blade Engagement
Time:
In Time
Priority
Double
Single Time
Counter Time
Half-Time
Closes and Gripes
Reading the Opponent
Application - Wounds
Sundry Notes:
Advantage of the Circle Over the Line
Single Against All
The Left-Hander
True and False Arts
What is presented at the moment in what I have done is only the first version of this process. I have intentions of editing and further enhancing both versions of the manual in order to present them at their best. I have no doubt that the result of the change in language through grammar especially will change a lot of the language and thus demonstrate a clear difference between the two. The presentation of both together in a single manual is designed to give the reader access to both forms, thus increasing the familiarity with Elizabethan English and thus hopefully this will allow greater access to "period" manuals to more enthusiasts not only of the rapier but other areas.
Cheers,
Henry
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